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How we manage our time (or fail to)
Time, and attempting to manage it, can be a difficult thing.
Having something stolen
It can be a challenging experience having something stolen and having to report it.
When was the last time you saw an act of grace?
And what was it? ‘I work in an emergency department. There are a thousand tiny acts of grace everyday – every beat of the heart – most unnoticed by the bigger, glossier world, but they add up. In essence, the acts of grace are sometimes barely noticeable as the world rages away in its current state, but they can be seen if you pay enough attention.’
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How do I get involved with social sports?
I feel like I am missing out on the benefits of social sport.
Encouraging messages on serviettes
A colleague recently shared such a beautiful tradition they practice as a family. Their children have a habit of writing encouraging messages on serviettes and putting them on the dinner plate before dinner. I thought this was such a wonderful little habit. It’s not only heart-warming, but allows for a different perspective when we feel too close to challenges and problems. Having children’s perspective does not only provide a bit of much-needed humour, but their perspective of things and in life is something we ought to remember as well. Not all of us here would be living with little humans so I though I would send you some encouraging reminders, through Rupi Kaur’s words, taken from her collection of poems, The sun and her flowers and also from Cheryl Strayed’s collection of quotations, Brave enough.
Review: Tenet
After roughly a six-month hiatus, I finally got to go back to the cinema this week.
A community garden
Community gardens are always are great way to meet people and create a sense of accomplishment (and of course a sense of community).
Not all who loiter are lost
A group of my friends at uni are in their last few months of their PhD. They are in the home stretch. I can’t help but wish I was in their place. I tell them this and the reaction I get are genuine looks of trepidation and anxiety. They tell me it feels like they’re so close to the finish line, but also feel so far away from it.
Summer is coming!
The first hints of the change in season got me thinking about what I am most looking forward to about the warmer weather.
How does the media we consume influence the way we think?
Have you wondered at the effect of media – be it a film, a TV show, the local newspaper, a podcast, or a book – on our internal states? On our ideas and behaviours? On the deep-seated decisions we make?
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